Queen Elizabeth II of England has just passed away, but her epitaph might have been engraved early on February 6, 1952, when she was the Queen of England . Today I will take you to see what kind of person is Elizabeth II ? What role did she play in the rise and fall of the British Empire in more than half a century?
Princess Elizabeth was born in London in 1926. At that time, her grandfather, George V, was reigned, and the heir to the throne was uncle, Edward VIII, . Ten years later, it was also in 1936 that Edward VIII abdicated and her father became king George VI, and Princess Elizabeth, who was only 10 years old, became the first heir to the throne.
When the Queen was reigned, she experienced World War II and 22 Olympic Games. It is almost certain that the death of Elizabeth II means the end of a great turbulent era. In her nearly a century of life, this queen not only witnessed the decline and collapse of the British Empire, but also experienced the beginning and end of the entire Second World War, and witnessed the battle for the US and the Soviet Union with their own eyes. , The Soviet Union collapsed , met with 14 US presidents, appointed 15 British Prime Minister , and witnessed the world moving towards a new era in the midst of the rapid changes. Looking back on her life, it is a testimony to world history.
1952, Elizabeth ascended the throne, and the Queen of England has since started her 70-year queen career. But when Elizabeth ascended the throne, she was facing a fallen empire. From the 16th century to the eve of World War II , Britain has always been the throne of the world's number one power, and is respected by the world as the Empire of the Sun never set. But after experiencing the impact of World War II, Britain's economy and military declined. Seeing that their big brother was in decline, the former British colonies began to announce their independence and get rid of British colonial control. Although the resistance to colonial rule by these countries was a completely just move, Elizabeth, as the Queen of England at that time, had to stand up and protect the interests of the British country. Since she became Queen of England, she has visited countries around the world and tried her best to persuade these British colonies not to escape from the control of the British Federation. In order to retain these former colonial countries, the British queen did not hesitate to provide these countries with a large amount of economic aid and financial investment, which further exacerbated the financial burden of Britain at that time. But it is precisely because of this batch of aid that a large number of colonial countries also chose to continue to stay in the Commonwealth. Today, there are 56 member states of the Commonwealth, which are distributed in various regions such as Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The total population is close to 2.5 billion, accounting for almost 1/3 of the earth's population. And this huge Commonwealth also gives Britain a place internationally today. But the Queen's efforts did not stop Britain's increasingly staggering pace. By the end of World War II, Britain was already the most advanced debtor in the world at that time. Her high debt made her unable to promote the recovery of the country's economy. However, the United States took advantage of the situation and implemented a major economic strategy called Marshall Plan in Europe. Simply put, this plan is to invest in European companies in the United States to help the European economy recover. At that time, a large number of American companies also entered the European market with the Marshall Plan, and quickly seized the share of British companies in the European market. The US dollar system was once in a hurry, resulting in the US dollar debt of many European countries, including the UK. Come higher and higher. And what is even more fatal is that since the global Internet revolution, there have been almost no powerful Internet companies in Europe, because as long as these companies develop slightly stronger, they will be acquired by American companies and even eliminated through competition. If the Marshall Plan made the whole of Europe lose its voice in the past and it is increasingly dependent on the United States economically.
Then the establishment of EU in 1993 is the purpose of European countries to unite to establish the EU and achieve an equal footing with the United States.However, since its establishment, the main voice of the EU has been in the hands of France and Germany. At that time, the UK, as the third largest economy in the EU, repeatedly wanted to threaten Brexit and attempt to use Brexit in the EU in order to enhance its position in the EU. Have greater voice in the middle. But who would have thought that during the 2016 British Brexit referendum, he got away from the EU and finally decided to leave the EU through the referendum. Brexit referendum has also caused the British economy to suffer a full-scale impact in recent years. Due to its departure from the EU's trade system, Britain's trade finance has been repeatedly turbulent.
At this time, Queen Elizabeth II, who is already 93 years old, said one thing that our politicians do not have the ability to manage the country. You should know that in the past few decades, Elizabeth had hardly made any comments criticizing British politics. Later, Elizabeth even passed a plan to prevent the "no-deal Brexit" on British Parliament to prevent the situation from deteriorating. .
The bumpy thing is that in 2020, when the UK Brexit, it happened to encounter the outbreak of the global epidemic, which made the British economy, which was originally cast in shadow because of Brexit, even worse. In the months before Elizabeth II's death, the British pound plummeted, inflation soared, deficits out of control, central bank tightened, and the energy crisis. Although the UK has increased its business, its inflation rate has reached a 40-year high. In order to curb inflation, the Bank of England has tightened its monetary policy sharply, which has led to foreign investors fleeing the UK market. Nowadays, the total amount of GDP in Britain is almost surpassed by the former colonial India. Time is the most ruthless enemy. Indeed, this queen once walked alone on the top of the British throne, overlooking the global events over the past half a century, with ups and downs, but behind the world alone, isn’t it a bit of desolation and loneliness.
In 1947, 21-year-old Elizabeth II made a promise to devote his life as the stabilizing needle of the national spirit. Now, in a blink of an eye, 75 years have passed, and all the right and wrong, success or failure will eventually turn into dust.
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